How many tattoos and piercings do you have?

I was just saying to the OH this weekend that we must be the only couple in the universe without a piercing or tattoo to our name - but are we ??

How many do you have either singly or as a couple?

LMFx

I'm single, don't have any. Never bothered getting my ears pierced either.. Have never been with a man with a tattoo. Have never been with a man with an open piercing, although my ex-husband had an ear pierced when he was younger. It was healed over by the time we were together.

So no, you're hardly the only couple.

 My OH has extensive tattoos on his back & upper arms but no piercings, I have an upper arm tattoo & a large one from below my right boob, over my ribs & belly & into bikini area, also a belly button piercing & used to have a lip piercing but took that out as it was damaging my teeth. I love tattoos on a hot guy :)

bubblebutt wrote:

 My OH has extensive tattoos on his back & upper arms but no piercings, I have an upper arm tattoo & a large one from below my right boob, over my ribs & belly & into bikini area, also a belly button piercing & used to have a lip piercing but took that out as it was damaging my teeth. I love tattoos on a hot guy :)

 Do your tattoos have a special meaning or did you just get them just because you liked the look of the picture?

 Hi LMF, to be honest the one on my arm I could do without, the one on my belly originally was a small butterfly which I got when I had my son, so to me it always symbolised him. I had it extended & kept the original butterfly in there but the extra bits were just because I liked the design :)

i have my ears pierced

My gf has about three or four ear piercings, but because the top ones get hidden in her hair, I keep forgetting she has them . . .

I have 3 tattoos that  were to celebrate some tough times in my life, they represent strength and happiness for me.

I have a swallow on my shoulder blade, it was my 1st  20 years ago....eeek yes I am that old.

I have an American indian delicate bead amulet with 2 feathers dangling down my arm.

They have red dots on the tips of the white feathers representing parts of my life I was able to get through when life turns against you, its what the american indians used to do. I add another red dot when I have reached another stage in my life.

I also have 3 ear piercings in both ears.

Im contemplating having my nipples pierced as I adore nipple play but not plucked up the courage yet.I dont want to lose my nipple sensitivity. Any advice on this id be grateful. too.

I LOVE my ear piercings. I think they make me, me! I wear my hair up most of the time and I always have the same set of earings in, though I'd like to find one of those adjustable spirals you can get (Or I may just make one myself sometime).

People who don't know me too well sometimes say "Ever thought of wearing studs? Or another colour of rings?" And I just reply - No. Silver is my colour. End of. It's the same type of ball closure rings you get when you have them pierced (two of them are the same ones I had them pierced with.) I have them all in perfect ascending size from top to bottom (But a real pain to get the right sized ones back in when I have to take them out!)

It's not as many piercings as some people have, but I have 6 in one ear and 5 in the other. The piercist did a darned good job on the spacing of them, since the first three piercings were done by a piercing stud gun. (Will never use a gun again, now I have seen what damage it can do! Thankfully not to me.) So the spacing looks really good. And I can't really fit much more in to my right ear. That one is finished, but I may have them do another couple on my left ear when I can be bothered/ have spare money to spend.

Anyway - I love my ear piercings.

I have 6 in my right ear, 5 in my left. I have my nose pierced. I used to have other peircings, but I took them out. (Naval done top and bottom - which looked fab when I was a size 14, not when I'm a size 20+!)

I have no tattoos. I just don't think they would look good on me.

My Man has his nipple pierced. He has his right ear pierced twice at the lobe (Looks great with his spiked rings in!) He also has two tattoos. One was a freehand tribal on his left arm (I think I'm getting my lefts and rights confused, ah well..) and on the other arm he has a celtic band that goes part way around with two celtic dogs in it. It is really faded as it has been a long time since he had it done, but he says it is his favourite!  I wonder how much it would cost to have the colour touched up on it. I've never asked him if he would be interested in getting it touched up actually.. Might ask today.

So, there you have it.

Total - 15 piercings between us and 2 tattoos that are both his.

 No piercings or tattoos on either me or my mister. Not even my ears. Nothing.

SS xx

Avrielle_Aniko wrote:

The piercist did a darned good job on the spacing of them, since the first three piercings were done by a piercing stud gun. (Will never use a gun again, now I have seen what damage it can do! Thankfully not to me.) 

Hi Avrielle, I never knew the guns could do damage! I only have 1 piercing in each ear, done years ago when I was a teen with a gun, but I have been thinking of getting some more. Would you recommend getting them done with a piercing needle then? What are the advantages over a gun when it comes to ears? :)

 Bubblebutt: http://www.homiegfunk.com/gunssuck.htm

I had my earlobes pierced with a gun the first time (in the front of the shop at Claire's. Classy.), and the infections I got were absolutely horrendous.  When they had FINALLY healed over, I went to a different place and got them done with a needle. He had to go through a bobble of scar tissue (which hurt like hell), but the healing time was actually a lot quicker, and I've had minimal problems with them.

To answer the original question: I have no tattoos, but I have my earlobes done (once), my left tragus pierced, plus my nose and bellybutton. 

bubblebutt wrote:

Avrielle_Aniko wrote:

The piercist did a darned good job on the spacing of them, since the first three piercings were done by a piercing stud gun. (Will never use a gun again, now I have seen what damage it can do! Thankfully not to me.) 

 

Hi Avrielle, I never knew the guns could do damage! I only have 1 piercing in each ear, done years ago when I was a teen with a gun, but I have been thinking of getting some more. Would you recommend getting them done with a piercing needle then? What are the advantages over a gun when it comes to ears? :)

Hello.

The damage is less likely when done on the lobe, but it is still possible to have damage done.

The problem with a gun is that it punches straight through your ear at high speed, and can cause damage to nerves and can burst blood vessals and can potentially cause blood poisening too (the risk of blood poisening is about equal to a needle, but it depends where you get it done since a gun is more difficult to steralize. - Don't go anywhere you don't trust.)

I had my lobes done with the gun, and my piercist (who does it with a needle) had a look at my piercings one day and found a lump inside of my ear. She gave it a good prod and squeeze and a lump of blue plastic came out!! That had been in there since the day it was pierced. It must have been on the stud it was pierced with!

As I said, the lobes are of lesser problem, but when you go further up your ear, serious damage can be done. The high speed and pressure the gun's stud punches through your ear in such a delicate area is rather worrying. It can kill your nerves and can damage all the delicate blood vessals that are located at the top of your ear. Loss of sensation is one thing, but your ear can actually DIE because of it. I'm a little hazy on the exact details of how it happens now, but I have seen the results.

Your ear can turn black and actually die.

I have seen someone who had to have the top of their ear amputated because it had died.

Piercing with a gun also has a much higher chance of your piercing becoming infected!

Wanna see a result?

http://news.bmezine.com/2006/07/24/gun-piercing/

Piercing with a needle is really much, much safer. Go to a respectable tattoo parlour and/or piercist. Ask them for information if you want.

Everything is much cleaner and safer. With a needle, it goes in slower and is much rarer for problems to happen as a result, compared to a gun. All the tools are easily steralized - I have seen shops that now do piercing with guns and it is really quite shocking. Nothing is steralized at all! They assume the studs are clean because they have just come out of the packet and the gun is given only a rough wipe down between clients! I have heard of some places even using a gun to pierce noses!!!

If you are worried about pain, I can confidently say that the pain isn't much at all, until you go further up the ear and on to the rim. Then it can be a little bit stingy, but I feel better knowing that the pain is as it should be, not a burning sensation you get when you have had it done with a gun. A good piercist knows all the tricks in the book to lessen pain for the customer, and I have quite a low pain tolerence! But I have never had any problems during or afterwards.

My piercist knows my attitude when I get a piercing done. She just laughs! "Argh I'm going to kill you, I'll hunt you down and find where you live!" But the pain is nothing like I make it out to be, I just say those things to keep my mind focused! Lol!

Again, if you are concerned, any decent piercist will be happy to talk you through it, and put any concerns at ease.

Good luck and enjoy any future piercings you get! xx

I dont haave any piercings other than ears... or tattoo.. never wanted to.. but never say never. Husband doesnt have piercings or tattoos either. If i am honest, although i dont mind men or women who have piercings or tattoos, its not something i am attracted to!

But i have to admit, some tattos are really beautiful.

 Hi Cheer-up, thanks for that link, & thanks Avrielle, very informative, never given peircing guns a second thought since I had mine done all those years ago really. Incidentally I had no trouble with my gun peircings in my ears, but if I do go ahead & get more I will go to a proper piercer. I would love to get some goddess spirals one day :)

cheer_up wrote:

 Bubblebutt: http://www.homiegfunk.com/gunssuck.htm

I had my earlobes pierced with a gun the first time (in the front of the shop at Claire's. Classy.), and the infections I got were absolutely horrendous.  When they had FINALLY healed over, I went to a different place and got them done with a needle. He had to go through a bobble of scar tissue (which hurt like hell), but the healing time was actually a lot quicker, and I've had minimal problems with them.

To answer the original question: I have no tattoos, but I have my earlobes done (once), my left tragus pierced, plus my nose and bellybutton. 

 Its educate LMF today - new word Tragus. Good old Wiki.

Dee_licious333 wrote:

I dont haave any piercings other than ears... or tattoo.. never wanted to.. but never say never. Husband doesnt have piercings or tattoos either. If i am honest, although i dont mind men or women who have piercings or tattoos, its not something i am attracted to!

But i have to admit, some tattos are really beautiful.

Yes. I have seen some GORGEOUS ones in the past.

I watched a guy get a tattoo on his back. I have no idea how many hours were spent on it, but I watched for 20 mins in awe at the work in progress. It was Jesus' crusifiction. He was slumped on the cross and the detail was phenominal. It went all across his back.

It was somewhat similar to this:

http://nationalmcnetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/RSSPoster_PRO/cache/b8801_christian_tattoo.jpg

Beautiful it was.

LilMissFrustrated wrote:

cheer_up wrote:

 Bubblebutt: http://www.homiegfunk.com/gunssuck.htm

I had my earlobes pierced with a gun the first time (in the front of the shop at Claire's. Classy.), and the infections I got were absolutely horrendous.  When they had FINALLY healed over, I went to a different place and got them done with a needle. He had to go through a bobble of scar tissue (which hurt like hell), but the healing time was actually a lot quicker, and I've had minimal problems with them.

To answer the original question: I have no tattoos, but I have my earlobes done (once), my left tragus pierced, plus my nose and bellybutton. 

 Its educate LMF today - new word Tragus. Good old Wiki.

Ditto!

SS xx

Avrielle_Aniko wrote:

Dee_licious333 wrote:

I dont haave any piercings other than ears... or tattoo.. never wanted to.. but never say never. Husband doesnt have piercings or tattoos either. If i am honest, although i dont mind men or women who have piercings or tattoos, its not something i am attracted to!

But i have to admit, some tattos are really beautiful.

Yes. I have seen some GORGEOUS ones in the past.

I watched a guy get a tattoo on his back. I have no idea how many hours were spent on it, but I watched for 20 mins in awe at the work in progress. It was Jesus' crusifiction. He was slumped on the cross and the detail was phenominal. It went all across his back.

It was somewhat similar to this:

http://nationalmcnetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/RSSPoster_PRO/cache/b8801_christian_tattoo.jpg

Beautiful it was.

 I love Henry Rollins' tattoo. His body really helps  but the sun and the words "search and destroy" are just fab and get me every time.

I have 8 tattooos-one is a half sleeve. Some mean stuff others don't.  Ears pierced 3 times, one stretched to 10mm. tragus, tongue, labret both nipples and horizontal hood oh and navel and nose.

I would always recommend going to a proffesional piercer even for ears and really think about a tattoo before getting one, and check out a few tattooers, they all do different styles and see how they are with you.

OH has one stretched lobe to 10mm.

Hope this helps